Wire-splicing machine.



No. 795,832. A PATENTED AUG. l, 19,05. J, HEYDE.

WIRE SPLIGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION rmm Nov. 24,1903.

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llllllllllll JULIUS HEYDE, OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND.

WIRE-SPLICING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

VApplication tiled November 24, 1903. SerialNo. 182,529.

To (if/ZZ whom, t muy concern..- y

Be it known that I, JULIUs HEYDE, a subject of the GermanEmperon'residing in Zurich, Switzerland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Wire-Splicing Machines; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled -in the art to which itapprtains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to hand implements for splicing the., ends oftelegraph, telephone, and other wires, and has for its object means tohold the ends of the wire in the implement While being spliced anddetails of construction to be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are similarly designated,Figure 1 is a side view of the device; Fig. 2, an end view thereof; Fig.3, a section on line 3 3, Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a section on line 4 4, Fig. 2;and Fig. 5 is a detail, partly in section, showing the hook and theparts engaged thereby.

In a suitable casing 6, closed by a side plate 7, held Aon by screws 8,is mounted a gear 9, rotated by a crank or handle 10. This gear mesheswith one, 11, that drives a slotted gear 12, screwed or otherwisesecured to a rotatable sleeve 13, having a longitudinal slot 14 inlateral register with the slot 15 in gear 12 and mounted in the sleeve16, also having a longitudinal slot 17, said sleeve 16 forming part ofor secured to the casing 6.

On the plate 7 is boss 18, having a transverse groove 19 and alongitudinal slot 20 to form a bayonet-joint for the grooved cylinder.Within the boss 18 and rotatable sleeve 13 is a removable exchangeablecylinder 21, having a longitudinal groove 22 and a pin 23, that entersthe transverse groove 19.. A hook 24, pivoted to the plate 7 on a screw25, enters the transverse groove 19 in the boss 18 over the pin 23.

-Driven tight into the end of the rotatable sleeve 13 is a slottedlaying-on nose 26, of hardened steel, that is beveled or is one turn ofa helix. T heouter end of the rotatable sleeve dle 29, having a threadedend 30, that takes into the fixed arm 27. This spindle has a milled head31 to enable a spool 32, placed in I spindle 29, to be frictionally heldon the spindle and between the arms. Each arm hassecured to it a leatheror other friction disk 33, whereby on turning the spindle 29 the head ofthe spool 32 may be clamped more or less tightly between the arms toadjust the tension of the winding wire. A suitable handle 36 is`provided to support the tool in one hand while the other turns thecrank.

That cylinderv 21 the width of whose slot 22 is substantially equal tothe diameter of the wire to be spliced is slipped through the boss 18,the pin 23 lying in the transverse groove 19, asshown in Fig. 1, and thetwo ends of the wire that are to be connected are passed through all theslots that now register, so that the wires will klie one on top of theother and the hook 24 thrown over the wires as they lie in the groove 19to hold the pin 23 in place and prevent the slotted cylinder fromrotating` and hold the wires in the groove of thecylinder. The end ofthe splicing-wire 35 on the spool is given a turn or two by hand aroundone of the wires. The tool is then shoved up to this turn of wire andslack from the spool taken up. The handle 10 is then turned, therebyrotating wheels 9, 11, and 12 and the slotted sleeve 13 and revolves thespool around the wires being spliced. The wire will feed off the spoolpast the nose 26 to lay the wire turn for turn against those alreadyformed, simultaneously wedging the tool along the wires to besplicedinthe direction of the arrow, or if the tool is held rigid then thewires to be spliced are fed through the tool in an opposite direction.The tension of the splicing-wire is adjusted by the screw-spindle 29.

It is preferable, though not absolutely necessary, to have severalcylinders 21, the grooves in which are of different depths and widths toaccommodate wires of diierent sizes and still hold them superposed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. wire-winding machine, comprising a the rotatable sleeve, acrank-handle and gear-` ing to rotate the revoluble sleeve, a slottedcylinder in the rotatable sleeve and removably secured to the boss, ahook to take over the cylinder. a laying-on nose and a spool-carrieradjustable as to tension on the revoluble sleeve, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a Wire-splicing machine, the combination with an exchangeablegrooved cylinder; of a slotted sleeve, mechanism to rotate the sleeve,and means to hold the cylinder and permit it to readily be exchanged fora similar cylinder to accommodate a diierent size of wire, substantiallyas described.

3. In a wire-splicing machine, the combination with a slotted sleeve anda slotted revoluble sleeve therein; of a stationary slotted cylinderheld in the revoluble sleeve, and means on the revoluble sleeve to feeda splicing-Wire, substantially as described.

4. In a wire-splicing machine, the combination with a removable groovedcylinder; of a slotted sleeve concentric therewith and having alaying-on nose, mechanism to rotate the sleeve, means to hold thecylinder stationary and a spool-carrier and tension device on thesleeve, substantially as described.

5. In a wire-splicing machine, the combination with a removable groovedcylinder; of a slotted sleeve concentric therewith, mechanism to rotatethe sleeve, a slotted laying-0n nose of hardened metal in the end ofsaid cylinder, a fixed and a hinged arm on the end of the sleeve, aspindle to connect the arms and friction-pads on the proximate faces ofthe arms, substantially as described.

6. In a wire-splicing machine, the combination with a removable slottedcylinder; of a concentric longitudinally slotted sleeve, crank-operatedmechanism to rotate the sleeve, a hook to hold the cylinder and Wiresto'be spliced, a spiral laying-on nose in one end of the cylinder havinga slot and of hardened metal, a spool carried by the sleeve and meansrevoluble about said cylinder, means con.

trolled by the rotation of the revoluble sleeve to wind thesplicing-wire about the wires to be spliced, and means to move saidsleeve and cylinder along the wires to be spliced as the splicingprogresses, substantially as set forth. 9. In a wire-splicing machine, astationary cylinder for the Wires to be spliced, a sleeve revolubleabout said cylinder, means controlled by the rotation of the revolublesleeve to wind the splicing-Wire about the wires to be spliced, andmeans controlled by the winding on of the splicing-wire to move saidsleeve and cylinder along said Wires'to be spliced as the splicingprogresses, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination with a slotted cylinder, of a slotted sleeve, meansto revolve the sleeve about the cylinder, a laying-on nose in the end ofthe sleeve in alinement with the cylinder, and means controlled by therotation of the sleeve to Wind the splicing-wire about the wires to bespliced, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention Ihave signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

.IULIUS HEYDE.

Witnesses:

LoUIs` SoHMAssMANN, F. LEHMANN.

